Example sentences of "it [be] up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If it were up to the faithful in Blackpool , Margaret Thatcher would go ‘ on and on ’ .
2 They reckon it 's up to a million now . ’
3 It 's up to every one of us to Lend a Hand and find it .
4 But , as Jon Edgson says : ‘ All we can do is start the ball rolling , after that it 's up to the individual concerned .
5 A NatWest spokeswoman said : ‘ It 's up to the individual branch management .
6 ‘ But at the end of the day it 's up to the 100,000 citizens of Derry to act as sales people for their city . ’
7 It 's up to the blooming restaurant .
8 It 's up to the organic farmers to sort out the inconsistent supply complaint .
9 ‘ Now it 's up to the so-called bigger clubs to make their move , ’ he said .
10 However you view the almost indecent haste of sports organisations in South Africa to make themselves acceptable to the outside world , it is up to the individual governments to lift their own exclusions .
11 It is up to the individual employer to provide for her employee and see that she is well-protected and properly rewarded . ’
12 ‘ Now it is up to the international community .
13 It is up to the professional institutions , employers ' organisations and educational establishments to answer these needs .
14 At a recent rugby jamboree in Kimberley the unification of these two bodies was formally completed so now it is up to the various officials and administrators to make the new South African Rugby Football Union really work .
15 Now it is up to the Prime Minister to promote this lively Irish peer — he does not use his title of 6th Earl of Kilmorey — for all he has done , with his wife Cissy , as a mere Under-Secretary at Stormont since 1985 .
16 It is up to the new Parliament to take final decisions .
17 Marketing 's task is to define the customer 's needs and wants , but it is up to the other departments to convert those needs and wants into practical reality .
18 If the offer is not acceptable , then it is up to the other party to make a different proposal ( counter-offer ) .
19 ‘ But now it is up to the Catholic officials and the county to find the money from the £243,000 I have set aside for church school repairs .
20 Mr Delors insists that it is up to the pontifical authorities to check that everything is above board .
21 It is up to the local Education and Business Partnership to establish a management structure for Compact .
22 ‘ This outcome of this case will make people think , but it is up to the local councils to bring the cases .
23 The passivity of the client at this point is apparent ; it is up to the social worker to give back some power , by talking with the client about his/her perceptions of the situation before taking any other action .
24 It is up to the medical profession to take stock of advances in this aspect of practice .
25 After that , there being no predestination , it is up to the human being concerned to deal with the problems as they arise — successfully or otherwise .
26 If it was up to the Labour Party it 'd be halved in two .
27 And we went , because it , it 'd been at five o'clock you see , it 'd been up to the second , that was when it was up to the second step
28 The debtor was prima facie in the wrong and the creditor in the right , and it was up to the former to extricate himself from the charge to which he had laid himself open .
29 I went to see them about this but they told me it was up to the social security people to make up the difference .
30 Mr Eggar , Michael Heseltine 's secretary , said it was up to the local management to press the case for the pit to stay open to the independent consultants reviewing the pit closures .
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